Rolls-Royce unveils 787-10X Trent 1000 revamp, confirms Package C

The same core scaling up required for the 5,000lb thrust boost on the Trent XWB that will power the Airbus A350-1000 – now delayed to 2017 – will also be applied to the 76,000lb Trent 1000 on the conceptual -10X, says Mark King, president of Rolls-Royce civil aerospace, reports Flightglobal.

“The technologies we’re running on the testbed between the XWB engine and the demonstrator gives us a real opportunity to upgrade the Trent 1000. We think we can do something that could open clear daylight relative to the competition on the Trent 1000.”
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“Our goal here is to make sure that when we do that, we design an engine that covers the whole family. Once Boeing nail down their requirements for the -10X then we’ll respond with our offering for the whole family.”

Boeing has loosely defined the 787-10X as a 320-seat, 6,800 to 7,000nm range aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of roughly 553,000lbs, similar to that of the 787-9. While a final entry service target is yet undefined, Boeing says the aircraft will be in service no earlier than 2016.

Additionally, the Package C engine, previously believed to be known as Package B+, due for entry into service on the 787-9 in late 2013 is nearing its detailed design phase, whose improvements will also feed back to the 787-8.

Further, Rolls-Royce confirmed that only the first four 787’s for launch customer All Nippon Airways will be delivered with significantly de-rated Package A engines at 64,000lbs of thrust for use on domestic and regional routes before the Package B engine is introduces along with ANA’s international long-range interior. The 70,000lb Package B engine is scheduled to deliver to ANA before the end of 2011.